Astronauts aboard the International Space Station just achieved a milestone in water recycling that could prove crucial to expanding human presence in the solar system—if you can stomach it. According to an announcement from NASA last week, the space station’s Environmental Control and Life Support System (ECLSS) has accomplished the “significant goal” of recovering nearly...
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Earth’s thermosphere reaches highest temperature in 20 years after being bombarded by solar storms
Home News Science & Astronomy A vibrant aurora display during a geomagnetic storm. (Image credit: Shutterstock) Earth’s thermosphere recently hit a near 20-year temperature peak after soaking up energy from geomagnetic storms that bashed Earth this year. The temperature in the second-highest layer of the atmosphere will likely continue to climb over the next few years as...
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NASA’s Parker Solar Probe starts summer with 16th swoop by the sun
NASA’s most advanced spacecraft for solar exploration just made another close flyby of the sun. The Parker Solar Probe conducted its 16th perihelion pass on Thursday morning (June 22), cruising through the sun’s superhot outer atmosphere, called the corona. As the spacecraft flies through the corona’s blazing plasma, where temperatures can climb above 1.8 million...
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Start your summer off strong with PopSci’s latest muscular issue
Andre Rucker for Popular Science Allow us to pump you up with these muscle science stories. By Annie Colbert | Published Jun 22, 2023 9:27 PM EDT “I AM HANS. And I am Franz. And we want to pump you up.” Yes, that’s a three-decade-old reference to a Saturday Night Live sketch. I process most...
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Watch sunlight dance across Earth from solstice to solstice in this gorgeous video
Home News Science & Astronomy An amazing new video demonstrates how Earth’s tilt changes throughout the year, causing days to lengthen and shorten from north to south as the planet orbits the sun. The Northern Hemisphere is experiencing the longest day of the year as our planet reached the moment of the summer solstice today,...
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See the summer solstice from a Roman emperor’s party cave
TravelAncient Roman elites marveled at an astronomical alignment from this cavern on Italy’s coast. Now you can too. Published June 20, 2023 8 min read When summer arrives, celebrations of the solstice happen all over the world. In Italy, la dolce vita unfolds in Sperlonga, between Rome and Naples, in the middle of a coastal...
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Roborock S7 Max Ultra review: Excellent cleaning performance, at a high price
S7 Max UltraThe Roborock S7 Max Ultra offers excellent cleaning performance and smart features, but you’ll have to pay up to get them. ProsExcellent cleaning performanceGreat designApp works wellSelf-sufficientBuy FromList PriceSale Price $1,299.99$1,299.99See It Robotic vacuums are getting a whole lot smarter. I recently took a look at the Roborock S8 Pro Ultra and loved...
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Humans are pumping out so much groundwater that it’s changing Earth’s tilt
Home News Science & Astronomy Scientists discovered that Earth’s tilt has changed because of the amount of ground water pumped by humans. (Image credit: Seo et al.) Earth’s tilt has changed by 31.5 inches (80 centimeters) between 1993 and 2010 because of the amount of groundwater humans have pumped from the planet’s interior. In that...
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Where did Earth get its water? It was sucked up from space, new theory says
Earth may have formed much more rapidly than previously believed after born as tiny millimeter-sized pebbles that accumulated over a period of just a few million years. The new theory also implies that rather than water being delivered to Earth by icy comets, this vital ingredient for life is present on our planet due to...
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We may earn revenue from the products available on this page and participate in affiliate programs. Learn more › Take on the rising world of AI with The Complete ChatGPT Artificial Intelligence OpenAI Training Bundle, which can help you learn how best to use AI in the workplace, content creation, and more. It’s now on sale...